3 Disciples

The Outer and Inner Grand Tournament continued for a while because of the massive amount of disciples and matches.

So far, no one else has caught Ling Tian's eyes.

"Round 106, Gu Fang versus Yang Kai!"

Gu Fang, A gloomy-looking man with a dark aura came up on stage. Anyone looking at him could feel he was a dangerous person and like a viper, waiting to strike.

The second person, a young man that had golden-red hair, had the aura of a blazing sun, and had a very handsome face.

"Isn't that the young master of the Yang Clan?"

"Yeah, he's at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm like Xun Luoyang!"

"But who's the other guy? He gives me the creeps..."

"You don't know him? He's Gu Fang, an orphan, I heard he even poisoned his opponent in a previous tournament to a cripple. But he's only a 6th stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, he can fight people above his stage.

"I still feel like Yang Kai can win because of his cultivation and he can also fight against people above his level."

"I agree, also, Yang Kai practices the Blazing Sun, a yang cultivation manual which is the nemesis of all poison, so it won't affect Yang Kai much."

"Start!"

As soon as the judge said to start, Yang Kai dashed forward with his movement art, Red Sun Falling, the concept was that the user would move with powerful steps, giving speed, power, and momentum.

However, Gu Fang was calculative, he knew who Yang Kai was and stepped back with his Ghost Evading Steps, which made him seem unpredictable and elusive.

Gu Fang released his Five Poison Cloud which Yang Kai ran into. Yang Kai disregarded his poison as he thought his yang art was strong enough to withstand but he was too reckless.

The poison aimed at his organs, six senses, orifices, cultivation, and blocked his meridians. Yang Kai could still fight because of his yang art, however, his prowess was now only at 50%.

Gu Fang took advantage of this and used his Viper Fang Palm, further harming Yang Kai's internals. Yang Kai's prowess was not at 30% and injured.

'I can't let this go on further, I have to use all that's left to counterattack and hopefully win! He's only at the 6th stage of Foundation Establishment!' Yang Kai thought.

Yang Kai used the rest of his qi to release a Red Sun Saber Art attack.

"Red Sun Saber Art: 7th form: Sun Explosion!" Yang Kai yelled.

Gu Fang thought he had the match in the bag and was reckless for just a short moment but that short moment costed the match and he was struck.

Gu Fang was sent flying and hit his back on the barrier of the stage. He spat blood and fell unconscious.

Yang Kai wasn't feeling any better and soon fell after the double pincer attack of the poison arts started destroying his body.

"Draw!" The judge announced the result.

"I've decided, I'm going to take three disciples." Ling Tian muttered.

After the Outer and Inner Grand Tournament ended after more tiring rounds, it was now time for disciple recruitment.

This was when the elders both inner and core chose disciples to take under their wing.

The next day, when all the disciples healed enough, all lined up in order of their place. All of them were anticipating themselves to be picked, even the lower placed ones were hoping.

After a few elders picked some disciples, it was Ling Tian's turn.

"Who will Elder Qi pick? And how many?" A disciple asked curiously.

Ling Tian stepped forward in the sky and looked down at the disciples.

"I have decided to choose three disciples. Namely, Xun Luoyang, Yang Kai, and finally Gu Fang."

The crowd was in an uproar when they heard that he picked three disciples. They were envious because Elder Qi was the strongest elder even though he didn't really show his power.

The three disciples had a smile on their faces and immediately kowtowed to their new master.